Each of the 26 miles of the London Marathon will be a tough challenge for all its 40,000 runners today. Emma Furneaux is taking on the 26.2 mile race in memory of Elisha who was just 17 years old when she passed away from a rare condition known as undifferentiated soft tissue sarcoma. “Elisha was ill for 26 weeks from diagnosis to her death,” said the mum-of-three from Gwynedd in Wales to the BBC.

Emily Skye, who gave birth to her daughter Mia around 16 months ago in December 2017, has proudly revealed how carrying a child has changed her body and influenced her confidence. “We all have these parts of us that some may deem as ‘flaws’.